VOL. 122 - NO. 15 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, APRIL 13, 2018 $.35 A COPY FOURTH ANNUAL One Boston Day Get Involved with Acts of Goodwill and Kindness Mayor Martin J. Walsh hosting a blood drive on City (children and families welcome, announced ways to get involved Hall Plaza on Friday, April 13th. too!) on April 15, 2018, from on Sunday, April 15th to honor The Brigham & Women’s blood- 12:00–2:00 pm at Townfield, Boston’s resilience, generos- mobile will be on the plaza from Dorchester, to help provide ity, and strength for the fourth 10:00 am – 4:00 pm. support to The Stepping Strong annual “One Boston Day.” John Hancock and Center for Trauma Innovation. The day serves as an oppor- St. Francis House In the spirit of One Boston Day, tunity to recognize the good Sneaker Drive volunteers will help build sling in our community, celebrate Support the men and women backpacks fi lled with personal- one another, and reflect on of St. Francis House by donat- ized items for patients who have the spirit and resilience of the ing new or gently used adult- suffered from the devastation of people of Boston that was exem- sized sneakers in the boxes traumatic injuries and events plifi ed in response to the loss displayed throughout City Hall. being treated at Brigham and and tragedies of April 15, 2013. The boxes can be found in the Women’s Hospital (BWH). Individuals and organiza- 3rd fl oor lobby and on the 5th Volunteers will also have the tions are encouraged to share fl oor outside the Mayor’s Offi ce. opportunity to hear from the Patriot’s Day their plans for One Boston Day Locks and Socks Drive parents of Gillian Reny, then on the offi cial website and on Support the men and women a high school senior, who was Monday, April 16, 2018 social media using the hashtag of Pine Street Inn by donating one of the thirty-nine critically #OneBostonDay. two of the items most in-need - injured people at the Boston “One Boston Day has turned locks for their lockers, and new Marathon rushed to Brigham the Marathon into a move- socks. Donation boxes can be and Women’s Hospital (BWH), ment our entire city has rallied found in the lobby of 26 Court where doctors and nurses saved News Briefs around, spreading the message St., Boston. her life and both of her legs. of kindness and goodwill across Operation Thank a Vet In gratitude to BWH, the Reny by Sal Giarratani the world,” said Mayor Walsh. Boston’s Veterans Service family established The Gillian “April 15th will forever be a day Offi ce is calling for volunteers Reny Stepping Strong Center for How Can We Forget Hillary that represents the resilience to sign-up for the One Boston Trauma Innovation with a mis- If She Won’t Go Away? of the human spirit and I hope Day “Operation Thank a Vet,” a sion of transforming outcomes The Democrats are clashing over Hillary Clinton’s everyone can mark this day citywide effort to honor Boston’s for civilian and military heroes comments about the 2016 election. You know, the one in a way that showcases the veterans. Our goal is to thank worldwide who have suffered she thinks got stolen by Vladimir Putin. Whether it is very best of our city and its each veteran in the city and devastating traumatic injuries. her book signing tour or her too many lecture tours, people.” provide them with information While this list does not she keeps holding the Democrats back. “One Boston Day” encourages on resources available to them include every opportunity to The Pro-Hillary side thinks Hillary is still a cause random acts of kindness and and their families. get involved on One Boston Day, to celebrate for female empowerment and gives voice spreading goodwill; activities MR8 Day of Service the City encourages residents to the #MeToo movement, while the other side thinks across the City will encourage The MR8 Foundation is and organizations to submit she’s still a sore loser and mad at all those deplorable individuals to give back to their coordinating a variety of ser- their acts of kindness and community. The tradition came vice opportunities on Sunday, volunteer opportunities on the women out there who just take orders from their men th when it comes to voting. How stupid does she sound together in 2015 based on the April 15 : website onebostonday.org and doing that, huh? desire expressed by many sur- Morning Shift: 10:30 am- sharing on social media using Remember when Obama ran, it was “Hope and vivors to pass on the kindness, 12:30 pm the hashtag #OneBostonDay. Change,” when Trump ran, it was “Make America Great generosity and support they Volunteers will assist in the In addition, Mayor Walsh Again,” but when Hillary ran, it was “I’m with Her.” It received following the 2013 cleanup and beautifi cation of recently announced that thanks is always about Her, plain and simple! Boston Marathon. surrounding spaces. These to remote assistive technology I heard where once she was getting $250,000 a pop In every year since its offi - projects may also include some company Aira, individuals who for speeches, but that has now depreciated down to cial establishment in 2015, planting and painting. are blind or have low vision $25,000. That says something about both her clout #OneBostonDay has been a Afternoon Shift: 12:30 pm- (BLV) will be able to receive free and her message if you ask me. The Democratic Party leading trend nationally on 3:30 pm - Town Field “Service access to Aira’s smartphone app needs to move beyond Hillary and take back the reins social media. Last year alone, Village” during One Boston Day and the of the party. there were over 43,000 posts Volunteer opportunities at Boston Marathon. across social channels. As in the Service Village may include Using the camera on Aira’s I Gotta Question the past, Hill Holiday is serving cleaning up the park, paint- smartglasses or any smart- What happened to the Alt-Right Movement? A year as the creative and digital mar- ing, sewing reusable bags for a phone, a person who is blind ago, the Fake News said they were trying to take over keting partner to help spread local food bank, making cards or low vision can download the GOP and bring back fascism. MSNBC and CNN awareness and raise the vis- for hygiene kits, or assembling the Aira app and use it to con- were covering all those Tiki torch-carrying protesters ibility of One Boston Day. literacy kits for a local school. nect to a remote set of human and making it sound like neo-Nazis and the Klan were The City of Boston has orga- Go to www.teammr8.org/ eyes. Known as Aira agents, on the up rise. Today, the Alt-Right seems to have nized several different efforts onebostonday for service trained professionals with deep vanished into thin air like those dinosaurs we never to honor One Boston Day, locations. experience communicating see anymore. Steve Bannon? Steve WHO? including: The Gillian Reny Stepping with the BLV community use Fake News — when they get tired of one thing, they Blood Drive on City Hall Plaza Strong Center for Trauma Airasmartglasses or a personal just move on to the next. In partnership with the Boston Innovation Service Project smartphone to serve as visual (Continued on Page 10) Public Health Commission In a partnership with Building interpreters for the blind as the and Brigham and Women’s Impact, the City of Boston is agents describe, in real-time, Hospital, the Mayor’s Offi ce is looking for teams of volunteers their users’ environments. THE POST-GAZETTE SATELLITE OFFICE HAS MOVED TO 343 CHELSEA ST., DAY SQUARE, EAST BOSTON This offi ce is open on Tuesdays from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM and Thursdays from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM, for the convenience of our East Boston and North Shore clients and contributors Call 617-227-8929 for more information PAGE 2 POST-GAZETTE, APRIL 13, 2018 Saint Casimir by Bennett Molinari and Richard Molinari Casimir was born in Kraków on October 3, 1458. He was the third child and the second son of King Casimir IV of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania and Elizabeth of Austria. At age of nine, Casimir and his brother ANCIENT EDUCATION Vladislaus were educated by tutored their daughters in the the Polish priest Jan Długosz. domestic arts of sewing, spin- The boys were taught Latin, ning, etc., but there was hardly German, law, history, rhetoric, any scholarly instruction. A boy and classical literature. Casimir was generally entrusted to a was committed to God from “pedagogue” or slave, who was childhood. As a teenager, he older and who attended to the lived a highly disciplined, even youngster until his boyhood severe, life, sleeping on the was over. The child was con- ground, spending a great part of ducted everywhere ... to school, the night in prayer, and dedicat- the gymnasium, etc. The slave ing himself to lifelong celibacy. carried the books, tablets, and When nobles in Hungary Dlugosz. Prince Casimir vowed any other school supplies. became dissatisfi ed with their never again to become involved The daily school session king, they prevailed upon in the wars of his day and no began in the early morning and Casimir’s father, the king of amount of persuasion could ended at sunset, with a mid-day Poland, to send his son to change his mind.